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Yes, Walter Winterbottom was the first England manager. Appointed in 1946.

Dave Jessup was TM for a while. And, from a fading memory, Wimbledon promoter Ronnie Greene

And that's the end of the Joke as all three of them were idiots!!! Oh Dear and someone said my jokes were bad... Boom Boom... Now Dave this is a big give away mind it got to Number 1 in 1962 and I can just see you at the "Club a GoGo" on Percy Street or even the "Majestic" on Clayton Street wearing your "Crepe Soled Brothel Creepers" best Teddy Boy "Drape" jacket on; drain pipe trousers and hair "Brylcreemed" back forming the perfect DA (that's a ducks bottom for the under 95's) and probably the oldest rocker in the queue (apart from Elvis) (Tartan Campbell) (who would have still been a boy then) LOL.... Bee Bumble and the Stingers LMAO.... and for all those under 129 years of age here we go children.... All the best from Rockabilly Tsunami... Regards THJ

Confirmed

Had a watch earlier , have no bias towards either team but Somerset were robbed. Some shocking decisions from the ref.

Think the England captain pre-war was basically the man in charge. At least on the trips to Oz. Think even with the football team there was no proper manager until after WW2

"People of Great Brtain, I need to level with you with a very important message. Hull Needs Speedway." Not making light too much of a diffciult situation we find ourselves in, a situation which has impacted on my circle of family / friends, I've got bit of time on my hands like most folk, this was sent to me by a friend and I thought posters might enjoy it. Boris isn't wrong in this case . ....

I first heard it downstairs in the basement of Windows in the TOON. My mate Rig loved the record, and we got to play it at the Clarence Street Mission, Shieldfield during the Speedway Supporters Club night. Happy days them.

Is'nt part of the reason for going to Warsaw that the city is not in a speedway hotbed so may attract spectators who have never witnessed live speedway in the hope that the Polish can maybe expand their leagues further.

I remember that tune in our house, we even made it into a football song, the record will still be around somewhere Playing the piano on the mantelpiece, excellent.

Totally agree, went to Warsaw last year and the atmosphere was fantastic, much better than Cardiff.

every speedway fan should sample a Polish GP, i've been to Warsaw 3 times and absolutely love it, atmosphere i haven't felt in speedway since Wembley '81. if Cardiff could be filled think how amazing that would be

Cheers for this

Poland has three because it can fill out the stadiums. GB has one Grand Prix, which has yet to be a sell out. If Cardiff was full then I would say it would be great to have another in the UK, but it isn't. The World Finals at Wembley used to sell out. These days a one-off World final would probably not be a sell out, but if it was it would be mainly because of people coming from Poland. Whether we like it or not, Poland is the centre of the World as far as speedway is concerned.

SORRY, but I cannot answer that question. Have no idea.

Yes. If you join Continental Speedway Facebook page, I always post them as soon as they appear, usually 24/48 hours afterwards. The ones I put up don't disappear afterwards; they come from secure and hidden addresses, so won't be taken down. All last year's matches are in the archive section of the Facebook group.

Early link for Friday`s 2 matches http://www.maniak.tv/mk1 If anyone is not used to watching Polish Speedway on the internet- DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANYTHING IF PROMPTED just click away any crosses and continue until screen is clear and you can go full screen. I would suggest trying it beforehand.

http://www.redcar-speedway.com/2020/06/07/2020-update/

Another excellent publication this week... So sad to see the photo of Stoke's demolished stadium... Another one bites the dust (literally)...

All found now ready for today's auction. Thank goodness.

And B Bumble and the Stingers( Nut Rocker )

Few tracks from Sting on that album I bet.

Just heard a rumour on the grapevine is Glasgow have been replaced by Isle of Snow Wight Dwarfs with their 1 to 7 made up of riders called Happy (got a big sponsor ship deal), Sneezy (who has a dust allergy), Dopey (who is addicted to the smell of methanol and Castrol R), Bashful (returns to the pits straight after winning a race), Grumpy (always get last gate choice if nominated for ht15), Doc (got a good supplier of face masks) and Sleepy (who always misses the gate). Well if racing goes ahead it is going to be a bit of a fairy tale.

May well be but just my thoughts on the situation. Anyway back to Glasgow, probably made the correct decision, roll on 2021 season meet up at Glasgow watch some Speedway and have a few beers.

Top flight Speedway at Rye was always going to fail. The Saturday crowds would have tailed off once the novelty wore off, the fixed race nights were the death knell that accelerated things. Could BMR have stepped back to the second tier once fixed race nights were floated? Maybe. Did they know what they were doing? I doubt it. The way they built their teams was testament to what I always saw as their naivety when it came to running a speedway team. It appeared to me they wanted to run at the highest level even though it wasn’t sustainable. Speedway at Rye House was a big part of my life, I would never have met my best friend if it wasn’t for Rye House and I’d be sad if the door to Speedway was shut forever, however it looks increasingly likely. Someone could run the track and make it a sustainable enterprise in the second or third tier I’m sure but it would take deep pockets in the short term to do so and you’d be stupid to walk into speedway these days.

Bloody hell it's literally you picking the fights here! Old bob and one other person replied from what i can see, and both of those posters aren't even close to Rye so what relevance is that ? You were only giving suggestions at angles for people to lobby anyway, you weren't exactly offering to run a campaign. If several Rye regulars were admitting defeat then i'd say you have a point, but christ almighty, this thread has only been up half a day!

Don't over react. You know what it is like here. You've said goodbye often enough. Just get on with doing your bit in private without telling anyone about it. If Rye House is saved, we will know who is responsible. Thanks for your effort in advance

Oh dear. All five of them, plus probably assets Mason Watson and Keiran Douglas?

Don’t forget their entourage, mother, father, son daughter, grandkids, grandmama, grandad, dog and friends, family day out

Spot on... Just like in 12 months time A and E depts will be full of drunken bastards effing and jeffing at overworked, underpaid nurses because they have had to wait a few hours to get treatment for self inflicted wounds. .

Christine, Thank you so much for the personal information you have sent to me, which I do appreciate very much. I have been a supporter of Birmingham Speedway for the last 67 years and have been Secretary of the Supporters' Club since 1971. I am also a keen historian and have tried very hard to locate information about your uncle and also about Charlie Appleby who also lost his life in 1946 and has been the only rider to be killed whilst riding for Birmingham. The information you have supplied is a useful addition to our knowledge of Hugh, and we want to ensure that his name is not forgotten in the future. If you do happen to locate a picture of him, and can let me have a copy, that would be very much appreciated. With kindest regards -- Brian.

its a win , win , win situation for Glasgow . time to restock the coffers and keep the club afloat .